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Taylor Swift Highest-Paid Young Celeb

Women dominate under-30 list at Forbes

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 12, 2012 4:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – Music-business woes haven't been much of an obstacle for this year's highest-paid celebrities under 30—a list dominated by women, Forbes notes. The magazine tallied up celebs' takings between May 2011 and May 2012 to find Taylor Swift ruling the roost.

  1. Taylor Swift, 22, $57 million
  2. Justin Bieber, 18, $55 million
  3. Rihanna, 24, $53 million
  4. Lady Gaga, 26, $52 million
  5. Katy Perry, 27, $45 million
Click for the full list to see how the likes of Kristen Stewart and her male Twilight co-stars fared.

Taylor Swift is No. 1 at $57 million.
Taylor Swift is No. 1 at $57 million.   (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
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COMMENTS
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ncw
Jul 20, 2012 12:07 PM CDT
Hate her and nasally inflected tunes.
Observer
Jul 15, 2012 8:26 AM CDT
Maybe she can buy herself a pair of tits with some of the fortune.
Tology
Jul 13, 2012 4:11 AM CDT
Amazing what you can make with no talent and no job skills in this country while the people who really work for a living scrape to get by.
 

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